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The 1-44th served alongside the 3rd Marine Division along the Vietnamese Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) in I Corps thru December 1971. Sergeant Mitchell W. Stout, a member of C Battery, 1-44th Artillery was awarded the Medal of Honor. The second Duster battalion to arrive in Vietnam was the 5th Battalion, 2nd Air Defense Artillery.
Bastogne had three artillery batteries: 105, 155, and heavies (175 and 8 inch two of each in one battery). It also had two M42 Duster (from D Battery 1/44th Artillery), two quad 50's and one searchlight. Following the withdrawal of U.S. forces, the base was transferred to the ARVN 1st Division who renamed it Phu Xuan. [2]
The double quatrefoil with the chameleon is an anagram of the figures "44" and "81"; the chameleon divides the figures into two fours and the full number of projections with the chameleon gives eight-one. Background; The distinctive unit insignia was originally approved for the 44th Coast Artillery Regiment on 1 February 1937.
Both had been formed from mobilized reservists, and so the 44th Air Assault Division was described by one analyst as air assault "in name only and not in function," being more comparable to a reserve or territorial division. However, it did receive some officers who were graduates of the Ryazan Guards Higher Airborne Command School. [1] [2]
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With the F-22A FTU mission slated to transfer to the 1st Fighter Wing (1 FW) at Joint Base Langley-Eustis, Virginia, and the transition of both the 325 FW and the 44 FG's "parent" AFRC wing, the 301 FW, to the F-35A Lightning II, the 44 FG will also transition to the F-35A and eventually relocate back to Tyndall AFB following that installation ...
Nation's Worst Cold Outbreak. Adding an exclamation point to a two-week siege widely considered the nation's worst, most prolific cold outbreak, a Blue Norther plowed through the Plains on Feb. 10 ...
Upon first approach, Republic Airways Flight 4514 diverts from course, circles around, and lands during a second attempt at Reagan National Airport.